slash at
phrasal verb
slashed at; slashing at; slashes at
: to attack (someone or something) violently with a knife or other sharp weapon
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The compromise resolution also allows for the House to slash at least $1.5 trillion in spending.
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
The Big Story Medicaid work requirements likely, despite Trump pledge
Medicaid work requirements will likely be part of the House GOP reconciliation bill, as Republicans seek to slash at least $500 billion in federal spending to help enact President Trump’s agenda.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Progressive politicians pushed in 2020 for slashing at least $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget in favor of reallocating more resources for social services, after the city and the nation was rocked by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
The legislation directed House committees to find at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, while Senate panels were directed to slash at least $4 billion in federal spending — a fraction, in comparison.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, about 2,500 jobs were slashed at the department in February.
—Angela Palermo and, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration slashed at least $54 billion in foreign aid contracts.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 16 Mar. 2025
Other inmates joined them, and within seconds their group started slashing at the victim and chasing him down the stairs to the lower tier.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
House Republicans have already laid the groundwork, advancing a budget resolution that would slash at least $2 trillion in spending.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
The Big Story Medicaid work requirements likely, despite Trump pledge
Medicaid work requirements will likely be part of the House GOP reconciliation bill, as Republicans seek to slash at least $500 billion in federal spending to help enact President Trump’s agenda.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Progressive politicians pushed in 2020 for slashing at least $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget in favor of reallocating more resources for social services, after the city and the nation was rocked by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
The legislation directed House committees to find at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, while Senate panels were directed to slash at least $4 billion in federal spending — a fraction, in comparison.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, about 2,500 jobs were slashed at the department in February.
—Angela Palermo and, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration slashed at least $54 billion in foreign aid contracts.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 16 Mar. 2025
Other inmates joined them, and within seconds their group started slashing at the victim and chasing him down the stairs to the lower tier.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
House Republicans have already laid the groundwork, advancing a budget resolution that would slash at least $2 trillion in spending.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Slash at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slash%20at. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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